NODE df08f88bRe: Safemail
"Joseph M. Reagle Jr." <reagle@MIT.EDU>Thu, 20 Jun 1996 08:27:57 +0800
At 04:19 PM 6/18/96 -0400, you wrote:
> SafeMail uses a proprietary Russian algorithm.
Maybe it is GOST. Schneir covers it, and there is a white paper on
it at the b_crypt site.
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NODE 3b1facd5Re: Safemail
ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home)Thu, 20 Jun 1996 14:30:25 +0800
Joseph M. Reagle Jr. wrote:
>
> At 04:19 PM 6/18/96 -0400, you wrote:
>
> > SafeMail uses a proprietary Russian algorithm.
>
> Maybe it is GOST. Schneir covers it, and there is a white paper on
> it at the b_crypt site.
But GOST isn't based on public key cryptography, it is a symmetric
algorithm, right?
And these guys claim that they use PK cryptography.
- Igor.